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SUMMARY:History of Urban Form of India (book talk) - Prof Pratyush Shankar
  (Navrachana University\, India and Guest Professor at TU Darmstadt\, Germ
 any)
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CONTACT:Dr Laszlo Cseke
DESCRIPTION:South Asia has had a rich history or urbanization\, spanning m
 any centuries and the Indian sub-continent has been a site of some of the 
 most varied and intriguing examples of urban formations. However not much 
 attention has been paid to the question of form and typologies of Indian c
 ities. The book “History of Urban Form” which is published by Oxford U
 niversity Press\, covers 42 case studies in great depth across the Indian 
 sub-continent including the Himalayas.\n\nThe Indian sub-continent makes f
 or a compelling case for studies of urban formation as correlated with the
  larger conceptual ideas around the role of geography\, religious politica
 l authority\, mercantile guilds\, royal bureaucratic structures and expres
 sion of colonial intent. The underlying theme of the book deals with the l
 arger question of fractured and elusive nature of the public sphere in his
 torical Indian cities. The author argues that how these historical pattern
 s of public space making\, continue to influence the present. The other co
 nsistent theme across the various section of the book is the patterns of m
 odification of nature\, both within the city and in the surrounding landsc
 ape. The talk will shine a spotlight on these themes by using few examples
  of from the book. The talk will also highlight the late 19th century expe
 riments at social and cultural reforms in many parts of the sub-continent\
 , and its impact on city structures that best exemplify the idea of an ind
 igenous form of modernity.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography
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